The study of ancient parasites, paleoparasitology, is an area of parasitology that evolved as a research field combining archaeology, anthropology, biology, and health sciences (1). It aims to detect parasite traces in ancient samples and to study parasitism evolution over time and space (2). This research field covers the study of parasites in humans and other animal remains recovered from archaeological and paleontological sites.

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